Official Name: | Sewell, West Virginia |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sewell |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1014 |
Coordinates: | 37.9972°N -81.0208°W |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1555591[1] |
Sewell is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.[2] Sewell is located on the New River, 6miles southeast of Fayetteville. Sewell was the sight of a major coking operation with 193 beehive coke ovens operating in the late nineteenth century and early to mid twentieth century. The operation was serviced by the Mann's Creek Railroad between 1886 and 1955.
The community was named after Stephen Sewell, a pioneer settler.[3]